London’s FTSE 100 edged higher on Friday, boosted by earnings updates from AstraZeneca and Smurfit Kappa, while optimism around a speedy recovery from pandemic-led crash set the blue-chip index for its biggest monthly gain since November 2020. The FTSE 100 index rose 0.4%, with AstraZeneca gaining 2.6% after it forecast higher sales in the second...
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Ministry of Public Health: 1336 new coronavirus cases, 25 deaths
1336 new coronavirus cases and 25 deaths have been recorded in Lebanon during the past 24 hours, as announced by the Ministry of Public Health on Thursday.
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Ministry of Health: 1478 new coronavirus cases, 27 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 1478 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 524241. 27 deaths have been registered over the past 24 hours.
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Coronavirus Follow-up Committee suggests banning entry of travelers arriving directly from India, Brazil
The Coronavirus Follow-up Committee on Wednesday recommended banning travelers arriving directly from India and Brazil from entering Lebanon through Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, as well as through the country’s land and sea crossings “unless they had been in a third country for a period of at least 14 days.”
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BioNTech co-founder says he’s confident that vaccine works against Indian variant
BioNTech co-founder Ugur Sahin voices confidence that the vaccine his company jointly developed with Pfizer works against the Indian variant of the coronavirus. “We are still testing the Indian variant, but the Indian variant has mutations that we have already tested for and which our vaccine works against, so I am confident,” says Sahin. “The...
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Ministry of Health: 1182 new coronavirus cases, 26 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 1182 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 522763. 26 deaths have been registered over the past 24 hours.
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Ministry of Information circulates video on ways to report COVID-19 vaccine side effects
The Ministry of Information on Tuesday distributed to various media outlets a video on ways to report side effects after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. The video was produced in cooperation between the Ministries of Information and Public Health, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), as part of a series of awareness videos on coronavirus and...
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EIB: There is currently no financing offer to reconstruct Beirut Port
The European Investment Bank (EIB) press office issued the following statement on Tuesday: “The European Investment Bank (EIB) is aware of the proposal put forward by the Port of Hamburg and its consultancy team for the reconstruction of the port of Beirut and surrounding areas. However, currently, there is no financing offered by the EIB....
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Hassan, Land Transport Union discuss need to accelerate vaccination of drivers
Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan, on Monday discussed with a delegation representing the Land Transport Union, headed by Bassam Tleis, the pressing need to accelerate the administration of Covid-19 vaccine to drivers, especially that buses, minivans, and public cars are among the most common means of spreading the Coronavirus infection . Separately,...
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Ministry of Public Health: 642 new coronavirus cases, 29 deaths
642 new coronavirus cases and 29 deaths have been recorded in Lebanon in the past 24 hours, as announced by the Ministry of Public Health on Monday.